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title: "Gambling Dealer"
description: "Operate table games. Stand or sit behind table and operate games of chance by dispensing the appropriate number of cards or blocks to players, or…"
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last-updated: "2026-10-09T10:57:55.138Z"
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# Gambling Dealer

**Category:** Personal Care and Service · **SOC code:** 39-3011 · **O\*NET-SOC code:** 39-3011.00

Operate table games. Stand or sit behind table and operate games of chance by dispensing the appropriate number of cards or blocks to players, or operating other gambling equipment. Distribute winnings or collect players' money or chips. May compare the house's hand against players' hands.

Also advertised as: Black Jack Dealer; Blackjack Dealer; Card Dealer; Casino Dealer; Dealer; Dual Rate Dealer; Games Dealer; Poker Dealer.

## At a glance

- **Median annual wage:** $34,320 (BLS OEWS, May 2025)
- **Median hourly wage:** $16.50/hr
- **Wage range (10th–90th percentile):** $24,040 to $77,090, with the middle half between $25,810 and $49,180
- **Total US employment:** 83,910
- **Typical entry education:** High school
- **Preparation required:** Little or no preparation — O\*NET rates this "Job Zone 1-2: Very Little to Some Preparation Needed"
- **Projected growth:** +3.4% over 2025–2035 (BLS EP, 2025–2035)
- **Annual job openings:** 13,300 openings a year
- **AI-resilience score:** 49/100 — a NueCareer heuristic over O\*NET work activities and context, not a BLS or O\*NET figure

## Pay

National wage distribution, BLS OEWS, May 2025, across 83,910 US jobs.

| Percentile | Annual wage |
| --- | --- |
| 10th | $24,040 |
| 25th | $25,810 |
| 50th (median) | $34,320 |
| 75th | $49,180 |
| 90th | $77,090 |
| Mean (average) | $42,550 |

### Pay by state

The 15 highest-paying states, by median annual wage. The cost-of-living-adjusted column divides the state median by that state's BEA Regional Price Parity, so the columns answer different questions: the first is what the job pays there, the second is what that pay buys there.

| State | Median annual wage | Cost-of-living adjusted | Employment |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| OR | $62,230 | $60,206 | 350 |
| WI | $61,670 | $65,540 | 630 |
| AZ | $60,940 | $60,530 | 1,680 |
| WA | $58,700 | $54,853 | 4,370 |
| NY | $50,860 | $47,127 | 2,010 |
| PA | $48,230 | $49,430 | 2,970 |
| OH | $40,710 | $43,881 | 640 |
| DE | $39,330 | $39,406 | 270 |
| FL | $38,500 | $37,229 | 5,370 |
| NM | $36,990 | $40,114 | 370 |
| SD | $36,190 | $40,853 | 170 |
| CA | $35,090 | $31,693 | 15,050 |
| NJ | $33,000 | $30,329 | 3,030 |
| NH | $32,100 | $30,816 | 460 |
| MD | $31,740 | $30,240 | 1,770 |

20 more states with published wage data are omitted here. The full table for all 35 states is at https://nuecareer.com/careers/gambling-dealer/salary-by-state, or as JSON at https://nuecareer.com/api/v1/careers/gambling-dealer.

## Outlook

BLS projects employment to move from 88,900 in the 2025–2035 base year to 91,900 by the end of the cycle — a gain of 3,000 jobs, or +3.4%. About as fast as average: 3.4% against 3.5% projected for all occupations over the same cycle. About 13,300 openings a year are expected on average, counting openings from growth as well as from workers leaving the occupation permanently. Source: BLS EP, 2025–2035.

## How to get in

- **Typical entry education:** High school diploma or equivalent (BLS Employment Projections).
- **Preparation level:** Little or no preparation — O\*NET's preparation band for this occupation is "Job Zone 1-2: Very Little to Some Preparation Needed".
- **Related work experience typically required:** None.
- **Typical on-the-job training:** Short-term on-the-job training.

### Education people in this job actually hold

O\*NET surveys incumbents, so this distribution describes who is in the job today and can differ from the BLS entry requirement above.

| Education level | Share of workers |
| --- | --- |
| High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED) | 69.0% |
| Less than a High School Diploma | 15.3% |
| Some College Courses | 6.1% |
| Post-Secondary Certificate | 4.8% |
| Associate's Degree or other 2-year degree | 4.8% |

## What the work involves

- Greet customers and make them feel welcome.
- Check to ensure that all players have placed bets before play begins.
- Inspect cards and equipment to be used in games to ensure that they are in good condition.
- Conduct gambling games, such as dice, roulette, cards, or keno, following all applicable rules and regulations.
- Pay winnings or collect losing bets as established by the rules and procedures of a specific game.
- Answer questions about game rules and casino policies.
- Exchange paper currency for playing chips or coin money.
- Stand behind a gaming table and deal the appropriate number of cards to each player.

## Skills and knowledge

### Essential skills

- Active Listening — importance 3.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Speaking — importance 3.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Reading Comprehension — importance 3.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Monitoring — importance 3.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Mathematics — importance 2.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Critical Thinking — importance 2.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Writing — importance 2.3 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Active Learning — importance 2.3 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Transferable skills

These are the skills that carry into other occupations, and they drive the related-occupation and career-change rankings on this site.

- Social Perceptiveness — importance 3.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Service Orientation — importance 3.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Coordination — importance 2.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Persuasion — importance 2.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Instructing — importance 2.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Judgment and Decision Making — importance 2.5 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Time Management — importance 2.5 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Negotiation — importance 2.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Knowledge areas

- Customer and Personal Service — importance 4.2 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Mathematics — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- English Language — importance 3.3 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Administration and Management — importance 2.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Public Safety and Security — importance 2.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Law and Government — importance 2.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Abilities

- Oral Comprehension — importance 3.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Oral Expression — importance 3.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Speech Recognition — importance 3.5 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Speech Clarity — importance 3.5 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Near Vision — importance 3.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Problem Sensitivity — importance 3.3 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

## Who it suits

O\*NET rates every occupation on the six Holland (RIASEC) interest areas, on a 1–7 scale. This occupation's strongest areas are Conventional (C), Enterprising (E), Realistic (R).

| Interest area | Score (1–7) |
| --- | --- |
| C — Conventional | 5.46 |
| E — Enterprising | 5.18 |
| R — Realistic | 3.71 |
| S — Social | 2.16 |
| A — Artistic | 1.10 |
| I — Investigative | 1.00 |

### Personality fit

These scores are **derived by NueCareer**, not published by any government agency: they are cosine similarities between a personality type's trait profile and this occupation's O\*NET interest and work-style ratings, expressed 0–100. Treat them as a starting point for exploration, not as evidence that a type belongs in a job.

| Type | Fit score (0–100) |
| --- | --- |
| ESTJ | 88.6 |
| ESFJ | 80.0 |
| ISTJ | 74.6 |
| ISFJ | 71.4 |
| ESTP | 62.8 |

Best-fitting types: ESTJ.

## Related occupations

O\*NET's primary related occupations, in its own ranked order.

- [Gambling and Sports Book Writer and Runner](https://nuecareer.com/careers/gambling-and-sports-book-writer-and-runner) — median $34,980
- [Gambling Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/gambling-manager) — median $93,220
- [First-Line Supervisor of Gambling Services Workers](https://nuecareer.com/careers/first-line-supervisor-of-gambling-services-workers) — median $63,820
- [Gambling Cage Worker](https://nuecareer.com/careers/gambling-cage-worker) — median $37,580
- [Gambling Change Person and Booth Cashier](https://nuecareer.com/careers/gambling-change-person-and-booth-cashier) — median $36,220
- [Teller](https://nuecareer.com/careers/teller) — median $43,030
- [Gambling Surveillance Officer and Gambling Investigator](https://nuecareer.com/careers/gambling-surveillance-officer-and-gambling-investigator) — median $43,370
- [Cashier](https://nuecareer.com/careers/cashier) — median $32,880
- [Amusement and Recreation Attendant](https://nuecareer.com/careers/amusement-and-recreation-attendant) — median $32,150
- [Retail Salesperson](https://nuecareer.com/careers/retail-salesperson) — median $35,410

## Sources

- **O\*NET** — O\*NET 31.0 Database, August 2026. https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html
- **BLS OEWS** — BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. https://www.bls.gov/oes/
- **BLS EP** — BLS Employment Projections, Table 1.2, 2025–2035. https://www.bls.gov/emp/
- **BLS OOH** — BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2025–2035 edition. https://www.bls.gov/ooh/
- **BEA RPP** — BEA Regional Price Parities by State, 2024. https://www.bea.gov/data/prices-inflation/regional-price-parities-state-and-metro-area

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